Fall 2022 Human Rights in Practice Speaker Series

September 1, 2022Duke Law News

Please join the Center for International and Comparative Law and the International Human Rights Clinic this fall for another exciting series of speakers discussing pressing issues in international human rights. All events are live at the Duke University School of Law with lunches available to attendees. For those unable to attend in person, you can view the livestream using the links below. For more information, please contact Balfour Smith (bsmith@law.duke.edu).


Thursday, September 15
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. | Law School Room 3037
Human Rights in Practice: Transnational Activism on Reproductive Rights
Featuring Beulah Osueke, Strategic Operations Director, New Voices for Reproductive Justice, and Cristina Rosero, Senior Legal Advisor, Latin America and the Caribbean, Center for Reproductive Rights; moderated by Aya Fujimura-Fanselow, Clinical Professor of Law (Teaching) and Supervising Attorney, International Human Rights Clinic at Duke Law. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3CH24XI


Tuesday, September 27

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. | Law School Room 3037
Human Rights in Practice: Supranational Institutions, Race, and the United States
Featuring Gaynel Curry, Faculty Member, University of The Bahamas, and Member, UN Permanent Forum of People of African Descent; Jamil Dakwar, Director, ACLU Human Rights Project; and Rob Robinson, Senior Adviser, Partners for Dignity and Rights; moderated by Jayne Huckerby, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, International Human Rights Clinic at Duke Law. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3cvLjnM


Monday, October 24

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. | Law School Room 3037
Human Rights in Practice: Human Rights and Biodiversity and Conservation
Featuring Rochelle Diver, UN Environmental Treaties Coordinator, International Indian Treaty Council, and Kristen Walker Painemilla, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Center for Communities and Conservation at Conservation International; moderated by Monica Iyer, Senior Lecturing Fellow, International Human Rights Clinic at Duke Law. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3Ks1rDi


Monday, November 07

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. | Law School Room 3043
Human Rights in Practice: Vernacular Rights Culture
Featuring Sumi Madhok, Professor of Political Theory and Gender Studies, Department of Gender Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science; moderated by Jayne Huckerby, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, International Human Rights Clinic at Duke Law. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3Ay8lCd


Monday, November 14

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. | Law School Room 3037
Human Rights in Practice: Exploring the Trafficking-Terrorism Nexus
Featuring Tarana Baghirova, Associate Country Visit Officer at the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings; Jayne Huckerby, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, International Human Rights Clinic at Duke Law; and, Siobhán Mullally, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children; moderated by Aya Fujimura-Fanselow, Clinical Professor of Law (Teaching) and Supervising Attorney, International Human Rights Clinic at Duke Law. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3cwRB6D